GLOBALG.A.P.: A Partnership for Greater Sustainability Introducing a New Certification Standard for Crops Used for Processing

19 十月 2015

GLOBALG.A.P. is expanding its scope of certification to the field of crops for
processing. In future, the new GLOBALG.A.P. Crops for Processing Standard (CfP) will make it
possible to produce juice, preserves, and other processed foods from uniformly monitored and
sustainably cultivated raw materials.

Built on GLOBALG.A.P.’s recently updated foundation of food safety certification as
part of good agricultural practices for producers of fresh fruit and vegetables, aquaculture, and
animal production, the new CfP Standard opens up GLOBALG.A.P. Certification to agricultural
businesses that serve the processing industry. This is achieved through a partnership with the
Sustainable Agriculture Initiative (SAI) Platform.

“We’ve simply combined the requirements of the world’s two leading food safety and
sustainability programs for agricultural enterprises and made these available to the farming sector
as a new, flexible and risk-related instrument,” explained Kristian Moeller, CEO of
GLOBALG.A.P.
“Through this cooperation we want to boost harmonization and make a contribution to greater
sustainability and food safety.”

The proposed GLOBALG.A.P. Crops for Processing Standard (CfP Standard) is available
for public consultation until 21 October 2015, with the aim of final approval by the committees at
the end of 2015. The CfP Standard contains food safety requirements from the GLOBALG.A.P. Fruit and
Vegetables Standard, and includes as a central concern aspects of ecological sustainability from
SAI Platform’s Farm Sustainability Assessment (FSA). This combined standard is designed to meet the
Food and Agriculture Business Principles of the Global Development Goals of the United Nations.

Agricultural businesses around the world stand to benefit from a single and
practical instrument that is being accepted by an increasing number of global brands and
retailers.

The GLOBALG.A.P. Crops for Processing Standard (CfP) was presented on 13 October
2015 at the Anuga trade fair in Cologne.